Faculty

Heidi Schneider, Ph.D.

Department Chair | Associate Professor of Sociology

hlschneider@adams.edu

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2016; M.A. University of California, San Diego, 2011; B.A. California State University, San Marcos, 2009. Dr. Schneider teaches in the areas of social problems, social and public programs, social work practices, and Deviance and Social Control.

Stephanie Hilwig, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology

stephaniehilwig@adams.edu
Stephanie Hilwig’s Website

Ph. D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2003; M.A., Cal State at Fullerton, 1998; B.A., Adams State College, 1994. Dr. Hilwig teaches in the areas of social statistics, criminology, environmental sociology, and social theory.

Michael Stewart, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology

michaelstewart@adams.edu

Ph.D., Florida State University, 2008; M.S., Florida State University, 2002; B.S., East Central University, 1996; Dr. Stewart teaches in the areas of race, culture and ethnicity; poverty and inequality; gender; and social psychology.

Billy J. Ulibarri, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology

billy_ulibarri@adams.edu

Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2015; M.A. University of New Mexico, 2004; B.A. University of New Mexico, 2001. Dr. Ulibarri teaches in the areas of research methods, social inequality, media, social theory, protest and social movements, and criminal justice.

Nick Van De Voorde

Assistant Professor of Sociology

nvandevoorde@adams.edu

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2024; M.A., University of New Orleans, 2018; B.A. Louisiana State University, 2015. Dr. Van De Voorde teaches in the areas of criminology and criminal justice, corrections, deviance and social control, and the sociology of drugs.